Keapara language

Keapara
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionCentral Province
Native speakers
(19,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3khz
Glottologkeap1239
Coordinates: 10°02′38″S 147°47′10″E / 10.044°S 147.786°E / -10.044; 147.786

Keapara is an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to, but distinct from, its neighbour Hula.

It has been strongly influenced by Papuan languages.

Dialects

The Keapara language includes several dialectal varieties: Aroma, Babaka, Kamali, Kalo, Keapara (Kerepunu), Kapari, Lalaura, Maopa, Wanigela (Waiori).[2]

Phonology

The following is the phonology of the Kalo dialect of Keapara:[3]

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Velar Uvular
plain lab. plain lab.
Plosive p t k kʷ q qʷ
Nasal m n
Fricative v ɣ
Tap ɾ
Lateral l
Glide w

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

References

  1. ^ Keapara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Keapara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ^ Laeka, Ali (1989). Cut-hit-break in Kalo. SIL. p. 21.

Bibliography

  • Dutton, T. "Lau'una: another Austronesian remnant on the south-east coast of Papua". In Lynch, J. and Pat, F.'A. editors, Oceanic Studies: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics. C-133:61-82. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1996. doi:10.15144/PL-C133.61


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